For most speakers yes but these ones are different, I was surprised at how the bass sounded exactly the same when the enclosure was cut down by more than half.

Generally the enclosure does matter but for these subwoofers it doesn't, msi made the enclosures too big that the subwoofers bottom out on too much load. Reducing the enclosure size and sealing it off stops this effect.

I have done this mod to at least 15 laptops now, I know the effect.

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Just no, you should know how subwoofer and loudspeakers work. I did this experiment with the enclosure as well and the subwoofers do get signiticantly better the bigger the enclosure to a point. Too small boxes will dimish the bass significantly. The type of the enclosure also matters for the subwoofer as well, open or closed for instance.

No, the subwoofer of any MSI system I've owned never bottomed out. The only way to bottom out a subwoofer is to boost low frequencies to the point where the sub can't handle it, thanks to barely putting power into speakers, I dare say it's impossible to bottom out an MSI sub on a clevo system for instance.

It is 100% possible and I will prove it to you in my next mod which I will upload to a thread here. They bottom out quite easily, on about 50% volume for my clevo. Yes you are right adding gain to lower frequencies causes this effect too.

It is 100% possible and I will prove it to you in my next mod which I will upload to a thread here. They bottom out quite easily, on about 50% volume for my clevo. Yes you are right adding gain to lower frequencies causes this effect too.